Overcoming IT Complexity: Simplify Operations, Enable Innovation, and Cultivate Successful Cloud Outcomes

by Lee Atchison

The cloud promises cost savings, agility, and more. But the increasing complexity of modern IT systems often prevents businesses from realizing the outcomes they sought by moving to the cloud in the first place. At the core of this complexity is technical debt. Ad hoc decisions, traditional approaches, and "quick and dirty" solutions add up to fragile, more complex systems (and organizations)--reducing the pace of change, driving up costs, and degrading security. To succeed in the cloud, you first have to manage the problems IT complexity creates. This practical guide will help. If you're tasked with designing, delivering, or approving IT systems that support business growth, this book will teach you the principles and strategies you need to break out of silos, reassess traditional thinking, provide the business a better competitive position, and achieve cloud success across the company. You'll

156 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 9, 2022

Reviews

[Mark · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting conceptualization of a topic that will likely see increasing relevance. Flexibility is desirable to give employees choice, but the trade-off is that it breeds complexity, which breeds fragility vs. rigidity in processes and design, and that is why an adaptive architecture is needed.

As the topics covered can be abstract, the points could be strengthened and linked with more real-world examples and counterexamples, but overall, this is a quick and worthwhile perspective on nurturing the "right" sort of IT ecosystem.

*3.5 stars